Do the contextual reminders related to your vehicle ("remind me to do X when I get in my car") work even if you don't have bluetooth in your car (or the Bluetooth device you use doesn't ID itself as a car)?
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Reminders in Car
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I am going to say yes. I do not have my phone paired with bluetooth and still get the reminders when using carplay.
Hmm...I don't have carplay or a Bluetooth connection that ID's itself as a vehicle. I use a third party Bluethooth receiver that is awesome (Knivio).
Has anyone been able to confirm if this can work without either of these two things?
I believe Google was able to trigger parking reminder without either of these two things. I would hope Apple can do it too. I really want these functions!
I also use a third-party Bluetooth speaker in my 2004 Malibu. It does not ID itself as a car either so I hope that they will give us the option of setting a Bluetooth connection as car
It definitely needs one or the other. I have been driving my GFs car the last 3 days, which has neither and it still shows my car parked from 3 days ago that I was using with carplay.
I think google was using the speed you were traveling at to determine that you were in a car. Apple is using either a bluetooth connection with a car or carplay.
TRICKorDEVICE I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't post a thread about this topic (clearly you can if you want to) but I think the Reminders in car issue is directly tied to the "Maps and Parked Car" thread you posted and I wonder if it would be more productive to focus the discussion all in one place? Again, not criticizing, just wondering aloud.
I get your point, and thinking after the fact, it is probably something that can be combined. At the time of the posts I believed they were distinct enough features that two threads was productive. But if the underlying tech is the same, then I do believe your right. Thanks for being polite. I appreciate it.
Thanks for taking it in the correct spirit - I hesitated to suggest it.
The crux of both issues (car reminders and car map tagging) is whether or not the phone indeed recognized that's it's in/connected to a car I think and that's the mystery here; what does iOS use to determine that.